BASRA, (Iraq), Sept 3 (AFP): After four and a half inconclusive years of fighting, British forces during the night slipped out of their last base in the Iraqi oil port of Basra, handing control Monday to their Iraqi comrades. The...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 3 (AFP): Stalled talks on a deal between Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf and former premier Benazir Bhutto are expected to resume soon, with the venue moving to Dubai, ministers said Monday. Negotiations held in London last week...
NEW YORK, sept 3 (Agencies ): Scientists are casting a wide net to find better treatments for the crushing depression and uncontrolled manias of bipolar disorder, and some approaches they're testing seem pretty surprising. Like skin patches that prevent seasickness....
YANGON, Sept 3 (Xinhua): Myanmar Police Force has formed an information technology (IT) unit to combat probable cyber crime in the future along with the development of IT in the country and increased use of internet, the local Flower News...
TEHRAN, Sept 3 (AFP): President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sought to justify his confidence the United States will not attack Iran, saying the proof comes from his mathematical skills as an engineer and faith in God, the press reported on Monday....
NEW YORK, sept 3 (Agencies ): Scientists are casting a wide net to find better treatments for the crushing depression and uncontrolled manias of bipolar disorder, and some approaches they're testing seem pretty surprising. Like skin patches that prevent seasickness....
ORANJESTAD, (Aruba), Sept 3 (Agencies): Felix rapidly strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 hurricane and churned through the Caribbean Sea on a path toward Central America, where forecasters said it could make landfall as "potentially catastrophic" storm. Felix was packing...
BANGKOK, Sept 3 (AFP): A Thai criminal court Monday approved a second arrest warrant for ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, owner of the Manchester City football club, over fraud charges tied to a controversial share sale. "The court approved an arrest...
MANILA, Sept 3 (AFP): The Philippine government rejected Monday an appeal from influential Roman Catholic bishops to end an offensive against Al Qaeda-linked militants that has displaced thousands. Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said silencing the guns against Abu Sayyaf militants...
Alleged WWII criminal in Australia extradition fight CANBERRA, Sept 3: A man accused of torturing and murdering a Jewish teenager during World War II will fight his appeal against extradition to Hungary in Australia's highest court, court officials said Monday....
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia has pushed the party towards rift with the expulsion of Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and Ashraf Hossain.BNP standing committee member Mahbubur Rahman said this in a statement Monday, reports UNB. "Khaleda Zia's decision of...
Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) has urged the university authorities to take proper steps to remove the 'sense of insecurity' prevailing among the teachers and the students, and restore normalcy on the campus.A DUTA delegation made the request when they...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia will get all the facilities due to a first class detainee in sub-jail, jail authorities said Monday. Security had also been beefed up at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban premises before Khaleda Zia was...
A group of 51 lawyers of the Supreme Court came sharp with their demand for 'immediate' release of immediate-past premier and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia through 'legal process', reports UNB.In a statement, they viewed that the former...
DINAJPUR, Sept 3 (bdnews24.com): Khaleda Zia's mother, Tayeba Majumder expressing her reaction to the arrest of her daughter Monday said: "Those who do politics have to suffer imprisonment and repression." "Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Sheikh Sahib also went to...
A visiting team of the Indian National Defence College (NDC) made a courtesy call on the chiefs of the three military services of Bangladesh Monday and discussed matters of professional interest, reports UNB.Led by Air Vice Marshal Shanker Mani, the...
The trial of detained former state ministers Amanullah Aman and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and his family on charges of income-tax evasion and corruption respectively was Monday adjourned on different pleas, court sources said.When the special court set up at...
Bangladesh attaches great importance to its bilateral relations with other neighbouring countries. Apprising the delegation of the Indian National Defence College (NDC), led by Air Vice Marshal Shanker Mani as a friendly country, President Iajuddin Ahmed said this when they...
Russia looks forward to expanding business contacts with Bangladesh under the auspicious of the two chambers of commerce and industry, as Dhaka and Moscow open talks for updating their ties in the changed context, reports UNB.Russia accords high importance to...
Chief of Army Staff Moeen U Ahmed received computers (laptops) from different mobile phone companies and a bank as technical assistance in preparing voter National ID Cards at the Banquet Hall of Dhaka Cantonment Monday, reports UNB.Warid Telecom, Grameen Phone,...
The low over west central Bay and adjoining northwest Bay off Orrisa-Andhra coast was persisting Monday and is likely to move in a northwesterly direction, reports UNB.Under its influence deep convection is taking place over west central Bay and adjoining...
COMILLA, Sep 3 (UNB): Four people were killed and three others injured when a train rammed an auto-rickshaw into a rail-side pond at Tughuria under Nangolkot Upazila Monday morning.Police said the auto-rickshaw tumbled into the pond after the Laksam-bound Samatat...
FE ReportThe classes of the third batch of the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree programme commenced at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Sunday.In this connection, an orientation programme for the new batch of MPH students was held recently on IUB...
A four-member team of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) called on Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor SMA Faiz Sunday at the Nabab Nowab Ali Senate Bhaban of the university, said a press release.The team members are senior project administration officer of JICA...
JAMALPUR, Sept 3 (UNB): The court of District and Sessions Judge here Sunday sentenced nine people to life term imprisonment in a murder case.The convicts were identified as Munna, Dudu, Sona, Shah Alam, Lutfur, Golam Mostafa, Raham Ali, Rahimuddin and...
GOPALGANJ, Sept 3 (UNB): Two people were killed and two others injured in lightning in separate incidents in Sadar Upazila Sunday. Local people said rickshaw-van driver Shamim (20), died on the spot when a thunderbolt struck him at Shibpur village.Two...
FARIDPUR, Sept 3 (UNB): A woman was killed allegedly by her son at Deuli village under Boalmari Upazila Saturday night.Police said Surja Begum (55), went to sleep on the veranda at night but later family members found her body tied...
JAMALPUR, Sept 3 (UNB): The court of District and Sessions Judge here Sunday sentenced nine people to life term imprisonment in a murder case.The convicts were identified as Munna, Dudu, Sona, Shah Alam, Lutfur, Golam Mostafa, Raham Ali, Rahimuddin and...
A Dhaka court Monday refused bail to Khaleda Zia and ordered her to jail after security forces arrested the former prime minister early morning, report bdnews24.com/UNB. She was driven to a special jail, sited in the Sangsad Bhaban complex, at...
Former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, prior to her arrest, issued three edicts, sacking the 'reformist' leaders Mannan-Ashraf duo from her party and elevating ex-chief whip Khandaker Delwar Hossain to the party secretary general (SG), report UNB/ bdnews24.com.BNP...
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